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Tell! Tell!
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I am still waiting for neo to move into the Mike Nichols arena of Virginia Woolf.
If I am wrong, just slap my face.
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Being successful and being good aren't the same thing. One only need look at Madonna. Mediocre singer, less than mediocre dancer, and not attractive. However, enormously successful.
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Thomas, I would argue that the ALW musical Phantom Of The Opera was made into a wonderful film. It's among my favorites.
I'll never, ever understand why it was simply "dropped" into theatres with almost no publicity, as if the studio was ashamed of it.
It may have flopped financially, but I love the film.
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Jan 8, 2013 - 2:13 PM
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Thomas
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Being successful and being good aren't the same thing. One only need look at Madonna. Mediocre singer, less than mediocre dancer, and not attractive. However, enormously successful.
That's your opinion. Obviously other people's definition of good isn't the same as yours. Anyway, you've placed on record before your general dislike of ALW's music.
Thomas, I would argue that the ALW musical Phantom Of The Opera was made into a wonderful film. It's among my favorites.
I'm afraid I don't agree Chris. I like the stage musical, but I felt the film could have been a darker, more sinister affair than the Joel Schumacher camp fest we got served up! And some of the vocal performances weren't suffice for the roles. Of them all, I think Alan Parker's 'EVITA' is the easiest to stomach, and by no means is it a classic.
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You needn't be afraid to disagree with me, Thomas.
It happens to me all the time, and I've learned how to be at peace with it. 
I'd like to drop Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? for the third, and final time.
I hope one of you theatre mavens out there will pick up the bait.
I've never had the opportunity to see this one on stage, and so all I know is the film.
As I understand it, Uta Hagen played the role of Martha on Broadway (?). I loved her in The Other, and in that tiny role she played in The Boys From Brazil. I haven't seen her in anything else, but I'll bet she made a great Martha.
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I never saw VIRGINIA WOOLF in its original form, but I simply cannot imagine anyone bettering the film's cast. Certainly Richard Burton's finest moment on screen, in a performance for which he deserved the Oscar.
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Jan 8, 2013 - 5:21 PM
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I have no idea what the appeal of CATS is. For me, it had one thing going for it, Betty Buckley (again) stopping the show. Then it had another friend of mine, Laurie Beechman doing the same thing. Otherwise, it had nothing, imo. Still, people love it. I just don't know why? By the way, when Buckley was hired for the show, that's all she was told by ALW. "I want you to stop the show." That's what she did. She is now in London, getting ready to stop the show in the London premiere of Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD.
I never liked "CATS" either. Saw the London show three times...knew people in it at various times. Very "Ho-Hum"!
Love Betty Buckley. Have her "Memory" on tape. Thrilling !
She was also the best Norma in London's "Sunset Boulevard". A true STAR performance.
Can't wait to see "Dear World". Love that score.
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Betty Buckley is the only good Norma. I've seen three. Glenn Close was the worst. In fact, her performance in Sunset Blvd. is the worst musical performance I've ever seen by a woman. She was far more enjoyable in UP WITH PEOPLE.
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I did enjoy the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA musical on screen and i also enjoyed WEBBER'S JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR on film even though it didn't do very well for Universal.
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I LOVE Norman Jewison's Jesus Christ, Superstar!
My friend, Lois Carruth worked on that one.
She's credited as Lois LaSalle.
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I'm sorry that I missed The Gin Game.
I have a framed poster in my home of 25 different Playbill covers from the 1977-78 Broadway theatre season. Of them I saw three: Dracula, with Frank Langella, The King & I, with Yul Brynner, and A Touch Of The Poet with Jason Robards.
The Playbill cover for The Gin Game is on that poster.
I'm sorry I missed it, and Sly Fox, with George C. Scott.
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